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'Trump rushed from White House correspondents' dinner after suspected gunshots heard'

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 26/04/2026 01:52

Surely he's not pulling this trick again?

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PomplaMouse · 26/04/2026 20:35

Catpuss66 · 26/04/2026 20:33

The same reason that men blow themselves up on planes & trains. They are mentally ill & they have been groomed. They expect to die.

how do you know he is anti Trump? Other than that’s what Trumps admin have said.

i also wonder about the deaths of Epstein & Charlie Kirk.

His "manifesto" has been released.

I do believe it to be a genuine attempt on Trump's life, I'm just not very concerned by it. Not my circus.

Catpuss66 · 26/04/2026 20:35

Have to say, been checked twice by Mumsnet that I am not a bot? Never happened before.

Catpuss66 · 26/04/2026 20:33

EasternStandard · 26/04/2026 20:18

Ok can you say why an anti-Trump Harris supporting 31 year old teacher would want to ruin their life in prison for Trump?

The same reason that men blow themselves up on planes & trains. They are mentally ill & they have been groomed. They expect to die.

how do you know he is anti Trump? Other than that’s what Trumps admin have said.

i also wonder about the deaths of Epstein & Charlie Kirk.

EasternStandard · 26/04/2026 20:33

mumofoneAloneandwell · 26/04/2026 20:29

I wonder - and this is quite tin foil hat, I accept - whether he has a cohort of vulnerable men, who think theyre doing their 'patriotic duty' to Trump by taking the rap for these non events?

He wrote a manifesto on his views, he wasn’t in favour of Trump

mumofoneAloneandwell · 26/04/2026 20:29

I wonder - and this is quite tin foil hat, I accept - whether he has a cohort of vulnerable men, who think theyre doing their 'patriotic duty' to Trump by taking the rap for these non events?

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EasternStandard · 26/04/2026 20:27

EmeraldShamrock000 · 26/04/2026 20:24

Tomas Cook climbed onto a building in sight or security, Tyler Robinson “allegedly” climbed a building for Charlie Kirk too, why would these men do this? What’s on offer? The Tyler Robinson case will be interesting if he ever makes it to court before an untimely death.
imo neither Tyler or Tomas shot the killer bullet at these sad events.

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I think it’s more likely the current one was radicalised by online violence, look at the posts on here even saying do it.

It’s really not surprising in this current environment people get hooked on that rhetoric and try

EmeraldShamrock000 · 26/04/2026 20:24

EasternStandard · 26/04/2026 20:18

Ok can you say why an anti-Trump Harris supporting 31 year old teacher would want to ruin their life in prison for Trump?

Tomas Cook climbed onto a building in sight or security, Tyler Robinson “allegedly” climbed a building for Charlie Kirk too, why would these men do this? What’s on offer? The Tyler Robinson case will be interesting if he ever makes it to court before an untimely death.
imo neither Tyler or Tomas shot the killer bullet at these sad events.

EmeraldShamrock000 · 26/04/2026 20:20

He’ll probably come out later to say that was his show piece. There are some serious internet detectives commenting frame by frame, absolutely bizarre behaviour from a lot of guests, one sat finishing his meal, others made selfie videos, and of course, the ballroom was mentioned in his pre written speech 30 minutes after the attack.
There is better security at a holiday camp
Thankfully nobody was killed this time, unlike the miraculous ear shot assassin, or Tyler Robinson, who is being shafted. The land of the liar.

EasternStandard · 26/04/2026 20:18

Catpuss66 · 26/04/2026 20:11

I wonder if all the attemps were staged by the republicans, first 2 for sympathy vote, this one as he losing support because of the war, prices are rising, EF, now the depiction of him as Jesus will have put off lots of MAGAs.

Ok can you say why an anti-Trump Harris supporting 31 year old teacher would want to ruin their life in prison for Trump?

mumofoneAloneandwell · 26/04/2026 20:17

Catpuss66 · 26/04/2026 20:11

I wonder if all the attemps were staged by the republicans, first 2 for sympathy vote, this one as he losing support because of the war, prices are rising, EF, now the depiction of him as Jesus will have put off lots of MAGAs.

I'm sorry I really do believe this

Insanity

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1dayatatime · 26/04/2026 20:11

CurlewKate · 26/04/2026 19:58

Is that your list of Lefties”?😂

My post was in response to @ruethewhirlpost.

For a far more comprehensive list I suggest that you look at @LesbianNanaexcellent post below which gives more recent examples.

Catpuss66 · 26/04/2026 20:11

Crikeyalmighty · 26/04/2026 18:47

I am beginning to consider if this is an inside job by republicans , who realise Trump at the moment is proving to be somewhat of a liability electorally but don’t want to be painted as the bad guys who ‘got rid of him’ - although if so they are lousy at it and not sure how they can persuade someone to do the job - the lack of screening though and the keenness on pulling Vance out first looks suspect

I wonder if all the attemps were staged by the republicans, first 2 for sympathy vote, this one as he losing support because of the war, prices are rising, EF, now the depiction of him as Jesus will have put off lots of MAGAs.

CurlewKate · 26/04/2026 19:58

1dayatatime · 26/04/2026 19:07

Well you could try countering with a list of recent prominent assassinations, fire bombings and physical attacks by far right activists.

Historically though the far left are responsible for significantly more deaths than the far right and the far left can accurately be described as more dangerous than the far right.

Deaths by
Hitler- 11 to 12 million
Stalin - 9 to 20 million
Mao - 40 to 70 million

Is that your list of Lefties”?😂

juldan · 26/04/2026 19:45

EmeraldShamrock000 · 26/04/2026 19:13

No one bothered protecting Melanie, it was as fake as my Christmas nails. IMO.
The man who cried wolf.

I have this feeling as well. It all seems very strange. Despite his pompous statements Trump is nowhere near winning the war with Iran, in fact he is stuck in the corner and doesn’t have any exit strategy. Based on his previous actions it is likely he will now try to distract people’s attention.
Then all of sudden this happens at the event he had previously boycotted. The shooting itself was bizarre. If the attacker really wanted to get Trump, why did he start shooting when he was nowhere near Trump?
If you look at other famous assassinations/ assassination attempts, such as JFK, RFK, Reagan, John Paul II, they all had plans/ strategies to get close to harming the victims. This was totally random. Unless the shooter wanted to get anyone from the administration.
Then the fact that he was not shot dead but arrested is also unusual.

I don’t think the Mumsnetters are the only ones doubting this is genuine. Trump’s story is a centre piece on BBC but I looked at other European news websites such as France 24, Corriere della Sera and some other ones and this story is there somewhere but doesn’t take the centre of attention. Surely genuine assassination attempt on American President would get more attention.

Urgentbiscuitrequired · 26/04/2026 19:33

montysmaw · 26/04/2026 02:28

For god sake, are there no competent assassins these days?

It's funny how they keep missing. 🤔

EmeraldShamrock000 · 26/04/2026 19:13

No one bothered protecting Melanie, it was as fake as my Christmas nails. IMO.
The man who cried wolf.

1dayatatime · 26/04/2026 19:07

ruethewhirl · 26/04/2026 18:18

I think trying to frame it as 'murdering people they don't agree with' is a bit disingenuous. Obviously the demographics positioned at either of the sharp ends of the political spectrum are always going to contain a dangerous minority, and obviously the incidents you cite are as problematic as some of the things the far right have perpetuated. In a lot of ways both of the extremes are as bad as each other.

However, pp had claimed that the far left were much more dangerous than the far right. I remain unconvinced that they can substantiate that claim.

Well you could try countering with a list of recent prominent assassinations, fire bombings and physical attacks by far right activists.

Historically though the far left are responsible for significantly more deaths than the far right and the far left can accurately be described as more dangerous than the far right.

Deaths by
Hitler- 11 to 12 million
Stalin - 9 to 20 million
Mao - 40 to 70 million

EasternStandard · 26/04/2026 18:49

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 26/04/2026 18:30

Why is that relevant? The point of this is the huge advantage Trump gets from it.

Whether the shooters were legit or not, they get the same result. Prison or shot

Because they need to have a reason for your take to make sense.

If you look at the profile of the current person why would they agree to stage it? A teacher / anti Trump etc going to prison for a long time.

And the other one to die for it. Your version is that it’s staged and you accept a teacher is happy to take the hit or in the other case, be shot.

Crikeyalmighty · 26/04/2026 18:47

Catpuss66 · 26/04/2026 17:19

Just posted a thread about this, I find it weird that JD Vance was rescued before Trump. Glad I am not the only one who thinks these are suspect.

I am beginning to consider if this is an inside job by republicans , who realise Trump at the moment is proving to be somewhat of a liability electorally but don’t want to be painted as the bad guys who ‘got rid of him’ - although if so they are lousy at it and not sure how they can persuade someone to do the job - the lack of screening though and the keenness on pulling Vance out first looks suspect

TopPocketFind · 26/04/2026 18:38

Tinytimmy123 · 26/04/2026 17:54

Because America isnt in any way made up almost entirely of ...immigrants.

Unless you are a true native American that the immigrants are still trying to steal land from.

Trumps, grandfather ..German ....left germany to skip the draft funnily enough and his mother was Scots. Then trump himself so bathed in fervent pride and patriotism for America skipped the draft because ifbhis bone spurs. Daddy paid for it. Funny that.

Married to immigrants, twice

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 26/04/2026 18:30

EasternStandard · 26/04/2026 17:31

What does the person who will go to jail for a long time get out of it? and the other one shot dead.

Why is that relevant? The point of this is the huge advantage Trump gets from it.

Whether the shooters were legit or not, they get the same result. Prison or shot

ruethewhirl · 26/04/2026 18:18

LesbianNana · 26/04/2026 11:34

To start with look at how many people here have no problem with murdering people they don’t agree with.

Except for the softball shootings, the BLM murders and the assassination attempt on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his family at his home (2022), these are within the last year:

Four assassination attempts on Trump; assassinated Charlie Kirk; attempted assassination on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh; shooting of Republican Congressman Steve Scalise and other Republican congressmen during an organized softball game; Hispanic immigrant shot and killed by deranged leftist shooting up ICE facility; ICE agent shot in neck by anti-ICE rioter; Free Palestine New Hampshire country club shooter; Transgender person murdered border patrol agent; Washington DC Museum murders of Jewish delegates 40 billion dollars in damage and 20 murders during George Floyd “Summer of Love” riots; throwing home-made bombs at peaceful protesters; vandalizing people’s cars and fire-bombing Tesla dealerships; nurse assaulted elderly man wearing MAGA hat; man intentionally ran over and murdered a teenager wearing a MAGA hat; people dropped concrete blocks off freeway overpass onto cop cars during anti-ICE riots; bricks thrown at police; Left poll worker attacked person wearing MAGA hat; Fox News van firebombed; leftist drove 9 hours to set a church on fire that was holding Charlie Kirk vigil; drive by shooting of an abc studio after they took Kimmel off the air; Free Palestine New Hampshire country club shooter; Transgender person murdered border patrol agent; Washington DC Museum murders of Jewish delegates; police arrested a man with hundreds of explosives outside a church shortly before an annual Mass marking the start of the Supreme Court’s new term.

The list is exhaustive but I won’t keep going, you get the hint.

Everything is an existential threat, everything is the end of the world or the end of democracy, everyone is a nazi, everyone is a fascist.

I think trying to frame it as 'murdering people they don't agree with' is a bit disingenuous. Obviously the demographics positioned at either of the sharp ends of the political spectrum are always going to contain a dangerous minority, and obviously the incidents you cite are as problematic as some of the things the far right have perpetuated. In a lot of ways both of the extremes are as bad as each other.

However, pp had claimed that the far left were much more dangerous than the far right. I remain unconvinced that they can substantiate that claim.

Catpuss66 · 26/04/2026 18:06

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 07:32

Because leftists glorify political violence. Even on this thread you can see them.

I am actually more right-wing than Trump in most respects. So I feel threatened by them
too. They’d kill me without a second thought and brand themselves virtuous.

So would you have killed Hitler?

Tinytimmy123 · 26/04/2026 17:54

RingoJuice · 26/04/2026 16:52

They insist on taxing me wherever I am, so I participate in the political process.

And I don’t want leftists to destroy my country (because their father’s country is a total disaster show and looks determined to do a managed decline sadly).

Tbh the Gulf countries will never, ever give an immigrant actual citizenship (ie family books). Which is so funny to me, because their nationalities are, what, maybe created 100 years ago at most?

But they protect it far more than, say, America with a 250-year-old pedigree and England, which is almost 1,000 years old and nowadays you all pretend to not know what an English person is 😆

Because America isnt in any way made up almost entirely of ...immigrants.

Unless you are a true native American that the immigrants are still trying to steal land from.

Trumps, grandfather ..German ....left germany to skip the draft funnily enough and his mother was Scots. Then trump himself so bathed in fervent pride and patriotism for America skipped the draft because ifbhis bone spurs. Daddy paid for it. Funny that.

TemperanceWest · 26/04/2026 17:43

@Tinytimmy123 brilliant post! 💪

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